Discussion of Committee V.2: Experimental Methods

Discussers’ reports and floor discussions, including the replies by the committees, are included in this Volume 3 discussion paper.

Concern for advances in structural model testing and full-scale experimentation and in-service monitoring and their role in the design, construction, inspection and maintenance of ship and offshore structures. This shall include new developments in: best practice and uncertainty analysis; experimental techniques; full field imaging and sensor systems; big data applications for ship and offshore structures; and correlation between model, full-scale and numerical datasets.